Vice President, Operations

**BBQGuys** **Vice President, Operations & Pacific Coast Manufacturing** Executive Team • Reports to CEO • Remote with up to 50% travel (Baton Rouge, LA & Chino, CA) **THE OPPORTUNITY** BBQGuys isn’t a retailer that happens to sell just grills. We’re a brand-builder, a manufacturer, and an e-commerce operator, all under one roof, united by a single belief: *Every outdoor living area we create is designed not just to look beautiful, but to feel personal, meaningful, and is built for lasting memories.* Our portfolio of brands spans across BBQGuys (the nation’s leading online destination for everything backyard and beyond), Blaze and Mont Alpi (premium own-brands with fierce customer loyalty), and Pacific Coast Manufacturing, our vertically integrated factory in Chino, CA where the steel actually gets cut, welded, and finished. The Vice President of Operations & Pacific Coast Manufacturing is the operating engine behind all of it. Two mandates, one executive: **(1)** lead the shared services platform that keeps our entire portfolio humming, and **(2)** own the full P&L of PCM from its production floor to its commercial relationships, and its growth trajectory. This is not a role for someone who manages from a distance. You’ll be on the floor troubleshooting a throughput problem one day and in a board presentation the next. You’ll know your numbers cold, develop your team relentlessly, and make calls that stick. In return, you’ll have real authority, a direct line to the CEO, and the satisfaction of building something that shows up at backyard cookouts across the country. **WHAT YOU’LL OWN** **Shared Services Operations — The Enterprise Platform** You own the end-to-end operations backbone supporting BBQGuys.com, Blaze, Mont Alpi, and any brands we add through M&A. Every decision here is traced back to one question: *does this make the customer’s experience better?* - Own supply chain, sourcing, logistics, inbound/outbound freight, warehousing, and fulfillment end-to-end with the service standards of a premium e-commerce brand and the efficiency discipline of a lean operator. - Drive inventory strategy, demand planning, and working-capital management across business units. Right product. Right location. Right margin. No excuses when it’s off. - Build and hold the enterprise to a common operating standard; KPIs, scorecards, SOPs, monthly business reviews, safety, and quality. You set the bar; you own the bar. - Lead vendor and carrier negotiations that move the needle on landed cost, lead time, and reliability. Rationalize the supplier base with conviction; relationships matter, but results matter more. - Champion continuous improvement as a permanent operating mindset. You’re always asking what’s next, and your team follows your lead. **Pacific Coast Manufacturing — Full P&L** PCM is where strategy meets steel. You don’t just oversee it, you own it. Revenue, margin, throughput, culture, and the 2–3x growth plan. - Own the full PCM P&L: revenue, gross margin, operating income, working capital, and CapEx. These are your numbers. You know them, you drive them, you answer for them. - Run the plant with operational excellence: production planning, scheduling, throughput, yield, quality, EHS, and lean manufacturing. You’re plant-floor credible; the team knows it and respects it. - Set PCM’s commercial strategy across two customer groups including internal Blaze and Mont Alpi programs, and external OEM partners who sell through BBQGuys.com and dealer channels. - Lead capacity planning and capital investment; automation, tooling, and facility expansion to scale output in line with Blaze’s growth. You think in CapEx cycles, not just quarterly schedules. - Lock in the connection between PCM production and Blaze’s forecast and promotional calendar so we’re never caught flat-footed on in-stock position. - Develop your PCM leadership team; plant management, quality, EHS, materials with the same intensity you bring to the P&L. **Cross-Portfoli…